President Trump is working to help an oil industry imploding as the coronavirus crisis chokes demand, but listen closely and you’ll hear his enduring love for cheap prices. Why it matters : He’s like most Americans, who worry about energy only when it’s expensive or gone. As president, Trump has been slow and uneven in responding to the sector’s turmoil because of his inclination to cheer rock-bottom prices. The big picture : Trump often says — wrongly — that the oil industry was doing great before the pandemic. Companies have been producing more oil and gas than ever, which empowered Trump’s tagline of “energy dominance.” But all of that supply is actually a core reason many were already struggling before the coronavirus hit. How it works: Here’s a representative timeline of Trump’s evolving comments on oil over the past month. On March 9, right at the beginning of the […]